Jockey Chris Hayes feels Sole Power has a good chance of breaking his Qatar Prix de l’Abbaye hoodoo should conditions continue to dry out at Longchamp.

Fastnet Rock, West Cork’s emblematic lighthouse, casts a little of its long thin shadow over Ireland’s finest flat racing extravaganza this weekend.

Today’s QIPCO Champion Stakes at Leopardstown has the potential to be as good a flat race as we’ve seen in this country for many a year and, in what should be a tight affair, Golden Horn is narrowly preferred to Free Eagle and Gleneagles.

Cirrus Des Aigles could have a first run in Ireland next month ahead of his intended outing in the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot.

Godolphin have snapped up Irish 1,000 Guineas winner Pleascach and she will carry their colours when she runs in the Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot next week.

Free Eagle is scheduled for a workout before Dermot Weld formulates plans for the exciting four-year-old’s return to the track.

Corine Barande-Barbe believes her stable star Cirrus Des Aigles to be as good as ever as he prepares for a fourth attempt at the Longines Hong Kong Cup at Sha Tin on Sunday week.

James Doyle is unlikely to appeal against the seven-day ban and £10,000 fine he received following his fairytale victory on Noble Mission in the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot on Saturday.

Trainer Corine Barande-Barbe is taking nothing for granted as her French superstar Cirrus Des Aigles bids to regain his crown in the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot today.

Cirrus Des Aigles (13/8) and FreeEagle (3/1) and now head the market with Paddy Power for Saturday’s Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot following the defection of Australia and the news that The Grey Gatsby won’t run despite being left in the race but will stay in training next year.

Roger Varian has confirmed Kingston Hill will not run again this season, ruling out a crack at Saturday’s Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot.

Dermot Weld’s hugely exciting colt Free Eagle remains on target for the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot later this month.

Frankel’s first foal has been born to Group Three-winning mare Chrysanthemum.

Corine Barande-Barbe is confident Cirrus Des Aigles has finally reached his peak for the campaign as he looks to regain his crown in the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot today.

Corine Barande-Barbe is confident Cirrus Des Aigles has finally reached his peak for the campaign as he looks to regain his crown in the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot today.

Aidan O’Brien could rely on either Kingsbarns or Ruler Of The World in Saturday’s Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot after admitting to fears about ground conditions for both Declaration Of War and Magician.

Camelot could use the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot on Saturday week as a springboard towards the Breeders’ Cup meeting in November.

Ground conditions at Leopardstown could lead to Yorkshire Oaks heroine The Fugue taking her chance in the Red Mills Irish Champion Stakes on Saturday.

Toronado and Dawn Approach are two of the headline names in a star-studded entry for Qipco British Champions Day at Ascot on October 19.

Last year’s German Derby winner Pastorius made a winning start to the new campaign by claiming the first Group One race in Europe of 2013, the Prix Ganay, at Longchamp.

Frankel was finally granted the ultimate position in the recent history of Flat racing as the World Thoroughbred Rankings announced him as the highest-rated horse since their system began in 1977 with a mark of 140.

Trainer Henry Cecil said Frankel provided him with “strength” during a season in which he is undergoing treatment for stomach cancer.

Henry Cecil bade farewell to Frankel today as the world’s best racehorse left his Warren Place stable in Newmarket to begin his new career as a stallion.

Frankel was at his majestic best as he made it a perfect 14 victories in the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot.

Connections of Frankel are “very positive” he will run in this afternoon’s Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot.

As Frankel faces his final race, Brian Viner talks to his trainer, Sir Henry Cecil, and others who know the world's greatest racehorse best.

Trainer Corine Barande-Barbe insists she has not formulated a masterplan in which Cirrus Des Aigles inflicts a first career defeat upon Frankel at Ascot on Saturday.

Richard Hughes said he was “over the moon” after the on-song rider secured a remarkable 10,168-1 seven-timer at Windsor yesterday.

Frankel warmed up for the final race of his career with a workout at Newmarket before racing on Saturday.

Trainer Ed Dunlop believes “all the signs are good” for Snow Fairy as she bids for a seventh Group One success in the Red Mills Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown this evening.

Cirrus Des Aigles will not run in the Red Mills Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown next Saturday.

Connections of Frankel have confirmed the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot in October as the intended next target for the world’s highest rated racehorse.

Connections of Frankel have confirmed the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot in October as the intended next target for the world’s highest rated racehorse.

Henry Cecil’s incredible colt Frankel stepped up his recovery from injury with a piece of work in Newmarket yesterday morning.

Henry Cecil does not have the Breeders’ Cup in the forefront of his mind as a way for Frankel to end his career.

OFFICIALS at the Professional Jockeys’ Association gave a guarded welcome to amendments to the new whip rules announced by the British Horseracing Authority yesterday.

THE Professional Jockeys Association yesterday called for urgent progress in amending the new whip rules brought into effect last week.

A decision on any adjustments to the British Horseracing Authority’s controversial new whip rules is expected by the end of this week.

Representatives of the riding ranks still hope to come up with a revised solution to the new whip guidelines following the conclusion of today's meeting with the board of the British Horseracing Authority.

Leading trainer and British Horseracing Authority director Mark Johnston does not anticipate the governing body to make huge changes to the new whip guidelines.

Leading National Hunt jockey Richard Johnson is hoping discussions on Monday will lead to changes in the new whip guidelines.

AIDAN O’BRIEN is hopeful So You Think’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe exertions will not have taken too much out of him ahead of today’s Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot.

SO YOU THINK will attempt to regain the winning thread in a field of 12 for the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot tomorrow.

So You Think will attempt to regain the winning thread in a field of 12 for the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot on Saturday.